Infertility as one of the contributing causes of the community's demographic decline is being addressed by the Bombay Parsi Punchayet
Arnavaz S. Mama
"The census report is as expected,” noted Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) chairman Minoo Shroff matter-of-factly. With the all India population count at 69,601, down from the 1991 figure of 76,382, the community accounts for barely 0.001 percent of the Indian population.
Shroff recounted the elders’ attempts to stem the demographic decline at a symposium held at the Cusrow Baug’s Sir Cusrow Wadia Pavilion on September 18, 2004 to publicize their latest contribution: the establishment of a fertility clinic to address what is perceived as increasing infertility in the community and to introduce the two doctors who have agreed to contribute their......